Eugenie Mikhaylovich Rylov won two gold at the Olympic Games to Tokyo and was among great Russian swimmers

The Russian swimmer Eugenie Mikhaylovich Rylov won the second gold of the Olympic Games to Tokyo, having won a final heat on 200 meters on a back. It interrupted the American hegemony at this distance which proceeded 29 years. Last time athletes from United States of America did not take gold on the 200 meters on a back in Barcelona when the Spaniard Lopes Martin - Subero appeared the best. Two victories were won by Mattes Roland from GDR, on one — German Ernst Hoppenberg, Hungarian Shandor Vladar and the Soviet athlete Polyansky Igor. All Olympic champions at a distance of 200 meters on a back: Year City Champion Strana 1900 Paris Ernst...